Talk:List of clinical psychologists

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This article is within the scope of WikiProject Psychology, which collaborates on Psychology and related subjects on Wikipedia. To participate, help improve this article or visit the project page for details on the project. B This article has been rated as B-Class on the quality scale. Mid This article has been rated as Mid-importance on the importance scale. Article Grading: The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit comments - comment history - watch comments · refresh this page) I've added several luminary clinical psychologists to the list. I think we need some criteria to decide who goes on the list. Also, it would help to know what their major contributions are on this page. Maybe listed after their names. Zfranco 07:36, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I've removed Gordon Allport from the list. He's a social psychologist, not clinical. You may argue that some of his contributions are useful for clinical psychology, but that doesn't make him a clinical psychologist. If some of his contributions had also aided in some way to forensic psychology, for example, that wouldn't make him a forensic psychologist either. If you wanna make another page with psychologists who've aided or somehow contributed to the development of clinical psychology, it'd be different. Raystorm 12:36, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Allport saw clients in addition to writing and teaching. He should be listed as a social psychologist but ALSO as a clinical psychologist (he worked with people in a clinical setting doing psychology). They are not mutually exclusive. Steve 15:18, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

He did? I was not aware of this. Did he see them in a clinical setting? If so, I remove my objection. Cheers Raystorm 18:32, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I thought he did, but I can't remember why I thought that and I've gone out on the web and it looks like it might have been a figment of my imagination. Sorry. Steve 23:47, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I've removed Philip Zimbardo, he is also a social psychologist, not clinical. Zfranco 07:25, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

I restored Zimbardo. He worked with clients, i.e., in a clinical setting. That makes him a clinical psychologist and it doesn't matter that he is also a social psychologist - the two are not mutally exclusive.Steve 15:13, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Removed I. Pavlov, not a clinical psychologist in the traditional sense. I think he fits better in other categories. Zfranco 07:34, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Did he ever work in a clinical setting or only research and teaching?Steve 15:13, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Steve, I agree that they are not mutually exclusive, but in general, if he was working with clients it was with practising or research clinical psychologists present. Although he did hold a license until recently, I don't think he thinks of himself as a clinical psychologist. Both Zimbardo and Pavlov get at my question of how we define a clinical psychologist. By primary occupation? By holding a license to practise clinical psychology? By saying they are a therapist? Is an experimental psychologist whose findings have clinical application then also included in this list as a clinical psychologist because they have worked in a clinical setting? Zfranco 19:10, 8 February 2007 (UTC)